Shotsnaps

The vegetable gardens were both completed before June 1st this year, when, on normal years, the gardens haven't even been plowed by t...

As I type this* in the middle of the day, it's forty-five degrees outside.   Forty-five degrees .  This is only worth mentioning becaus...

Part of our garden chores each year is shoveling several wagonloads of manure and transferring them from my mother's horse pasture...

Waiting for the wagon... We call Aidan "monster" for a reason... And then John came. And then they went. ...

On one of the hottest gardening days, we frantically finished the tomatoes while watching the rain move steadily our way.  Not much matches...

What uproarious passage in Little House in the Big Woods causes this? And this? What sentence does Piper read over and ...

There's a baby on my lap. And there's one on hers, too.

Aidan keeps stealing the dollhouse tableware to use himself. It doesn't seem like the practical choice to me, but at least he...

I am years behind in sewing, doodling, and wood-burning gifts.  I wish I was exaggerating when I use the measure of years, but, alas, it...

My sister Becky knows how to host a party down to the last perfect detail.  She and I shared duties for our sister Deborah'...